From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 08:50:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA18739 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:50:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.186.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA18682 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:49:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) id IAA00891; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:49:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:49:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Lic. Vladimir Armenta" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <31E7CDFD.3D2C@tsi.com.mx> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [This was a followup to a question In answered, anyone have any comments?] On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Lic. Vladimir Armenta wrote: > I=B4m glad you attended my message, and hopping my english made sense, I= =B4ll keep trying to > express my ideas this way. Here are some facts in order to give you more = details about > my case : >=20 > a).- We are currently using IPX/SPX protocol. > b).- Our applications where developed using CA-Clipper, for DOS &= Novell Netware At this point things are not looking up. FreeBSD doesn't support IPX=20 except as a router (I believe). =20 > c).- We are open to any change in the way we work, in case this c= hange makes our > job more productive and improve our data comunications. Well, you would have to start all the way over with the software and=20 applications. Hey, you could use email, ftp, web, etc. and climb on=20 board the intranet craze. =20 > d).- I=B4m very interested in learning more about this subjects > e).- We have the chance to install E0 (64 kbps) lines (leased ?) = on > each site where needed. > f).- I=B4m studying CA-Visual Objects, thinking it is a way to mi= grate our > software to newer development tools, database managment and = interfaces. >=20 > If you have aditional questions, just mention them, and I=B4ll try to exp= lain them as well > as I can. Thanks a lot for your time. Doug White | University of Oregon =20 Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major